The first major confrontation on the feature table brought a battle of premium hands and it was Ran Shahar at risk for 3.2 million while Fernando Pons in the big blind had him covered by a small margin.
Ran Shahar: 
Fernando Pons: 
On a board of 
, there was no upset and Shahar doubled to leave Pons short.
Claudio Di Giacomo raised from the cutoff and he was called by Daniyar Aubakirov with the 
. Di Giacomo had 
and hit middle pair on the 
flop on which Aubakirov check-called a bet.
They checked the 
turn and Di Giacomo called a bet of 460,000 on the 
river to get shown the bad news.
Level: 29
Blinds: 80,000/160,000
Ante: 160,000
In the last hand of the old blind level, a battle of the blinds on the outer table brought a board of 
and Emil Westman check-called a bet of 500,000 by Marco Biavaschi, who turned over the for a full house to drag in the pot.
There are very few minutes left at blinds of 60,000/125,000 and a big blind ante of 125,000, and the cards on the live stream table are now in the air.
| Seat | Feature Table | Chip Count | Big Blinds | Table 17 | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ran Shahar | 3,160,000 | 25 | David Gonzalez Delgado | 14,000,000 | 112 |
| 2 | Miguel Tejero | 4,485,000 | 36 | Amihai Necman | 1,405,000 | 11 |
| 3 | Lin Ruida | 16,340,000 | 131 | Ruben De Pedro | 2,335,000 | 19 |
| 4 | Claudio Di Giacomo | 5,175,000 | 41 | Mario Melis | 2,010,000 | 16 |
| 5 | Pablo Paez | 5,155,000 | 41 | Emil Westman | 3,945,000 | 32 |
| 6 | Alex Montgomery | 4,635,000 | 37 | Marco Biavaschi | 4,405,000 | 35 |
| 7 | Daniyar Aubakirov | 9,270,000 | 74 | Gilad Yam-Hod | 2,620,000 | 21 |
| 8 | Fernando Pons | 4,855,000 | 39 | Paolo Boi | 2,250,000 | 18 |
| 9 | Marco D'Amico | 5,075,000 | 41 | Manuel Borges | 1,725,000 | 14 |
After the redraw for the last two tables was concluded, all players were asked to full out a questionnaire and then sent into a break of around 20 minutes to prepare the upcoming live stream. All further updates for both tables will be published according to the 30-minute delay on the stream in order to not spoil any of the action.
In a battle of the blinds, a short-stacked Ignacio Lopez De Maturana moved all in and he was called by Claudio Di Giacomo from one seat over.
Ignacio Lopez De Maturana: 
Claudio Di Giacomo: 
While the Spaniard had two live cards, he found no help at all on a board of 
and Di Giacomo claimed the pot with a pair of eights. Lopez De Maturana was eliminated in 19th place and the remaining 18 hopefuls will now redraw to two tables.
Israel Marmoles pushed for the last 1,275,000 in the cutoff and was called by Marco Biavaschi in the big blind.
Marmoles was at risk with the 
while Biavaschi had a pair in .
On a board of 
, Marmoles found no help and since neither player had a spade in the hand, he was eliminated in 20th place for €4,300.
On a flop of 
the action escalated between Xiaozhe Liu and chip leader Lin Ruida with the former ending up at risk for what appeared to be 2.2 million.
Xiaozhe Liu:
Lin Ruida: 
Liu had a pair to go with his flush draw and was looking to avoid any more hearts. He did so on the turn and river, but the final card improved Ruida to the superior pair and ended Liu's run in 21st place for €4,300.
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